Art and the activity of creating art for art’s sake (the process of creating something new) can help enhance wellbeing tenfold and it doesn’t have to be perforrmed often in order to experience its benefits. Scroll through Pinterest and you will find many video tutorials on how to paint in watercolor, write poetry, crochet, embroider, knit, landscape your backyard, etc. Even something as simple as colouring in a colouring book, can activate a separate region in your brain that is not attached to high-stress, information-processing, or fight-or-flight reactions.

Some benefits include:

• better memory retention and expression

• be more aware and in-tuned with your state of your body and feelings

• mental alertness and brightening of the mind